Hope Mining Company Records

Hope Mining Company Records, 1907-1913

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Hope Mining Company (Mont.)
Title: Hope Mining Company Records
Dates: 1907-1913 (inclusive)
19071913
Quantity: .75 linear feet of shelf space
Collection Number: MC 313
Summary: The Hope Mining Company was a silver mining company located in Philipsburg, Montana. Records consist of interoffice correspondence (1907-1913), general correspondence (1907-1913), minor financial records (1907-1911), articles of incorporation and minutes (1907), assay reports (1907-1910) and a field survey book (1909)
Repository: Montana Historical Society, Library & Archives
Montana Historical Society Research Center Archives
225 North Roberts
PO Box 201201
Helena MT
59620-1201
Telephone: 4064442681
Fax: 4064445297
mhslibrary@mt.gov
Languages: English
Sponsor: Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Historical NoteReturn to Top

The Hope Mining Company was incorporated under Montana law on April 20, 1907, by the owners of the Goodhope Mining Company and the Granite- BiMetallic Consolidated Mining Company, including Paul Fusz, John R. Lucas, Horace Rumsey, A.B. Ewing, L.M. Rumsey, and others. They acquired the property of the Goodhope Mining Company. The new company was capitalized at $300,000 compared to $90,000 for the old company. This company operated the Hope property until 1911 when they sold it to the new Philipsburg Mining Company. The company was formally dissolved in 1913.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Records consist of interoffice correspondence (1907-1913), primarily of Paul A. Fusz, George S. Zehnder, John R. Lucas, and lewis M. Rumsey Jr.; general correspondence (1907-1913); minor financial records (1907-1911); articles of incorporation and minutes (1907), assay reports (1907-1910) and a field survey book (1909)

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

by series

Acquisition Information

Acquisition Information:

available upon request

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection

Interoffice Correspondence Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
1 / 1-7	Home Office (correspondents include Paul A. Fusz, George S. Zehnder, John R. Lucas, Lewis M. Rumsey Jr.)	1907-1913
1 / 8	Home Office (telegrams)	1907-1910

General Correspondence Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
1 / 9	American Exchange National Bank	1907-1909
1 / 10	American Smelting and Refining Company	1907-1910
1 / 11	A-B (correspondents include Anaconda Copper Mining Company, Charles Anderson, Bernard Bandler and Son, Jacques Baszanger and Company, G.P. Blackiston, V.L. Butler, Butte Electric Supply Company, Buebendorf Brothers)	1907-1912
1 / 12	Colusa Parrot Mining and Smelting Company	1907-1909
1 / 13	J.T. Conner, assayer	1907-1908
1 / 14	Continental Oil Company	1907-1910
1 / 15	C (correspondents include J.J. Carmichael, Carney Coal Company, Cleveland Pneumatic Tool Company, M.B. Cory, E.A. Cralle)	1907-1913
1 / 16	Daly Bank and Trust Company	1907-1911
1 / 17	D (correspondents include Sewell Davis, Dearborn Drug and Chemical Works, Dow Chemical Company, R.G. Dun and Company)	1907-1913
1 / 18	J.C. Febles	1909-1911
1 / 19	F-G (correspondents include Fair Drug and Assay Supply Company; A.A. Fairbairn; Ferns Coal Company; Garfield Smelting Company; Goodall Brothers, Assayers; L.V. Graham; Granite County offices)	1907-1911
1 / 20	H-K (correspondents include E.A. Hannah, Henry Heil Chemical Company, Ingersoll-Rand Company, Inland Crystal Salt Company, Keystone Lubricating Company, Kilbourne and Jacobs Manufacturing Company)	1907-1909
2 / 1	Lewis and Walker, assayers	1907-1909
2 / 2	L (correspondents include Rod Leggatt; Geo. W. Lord Company, water purifying chemicals)	1907-1908
2 / 3	M (correspondents include S.J. Mathus; James McGeeney; Mining and Scientific Press; Minnesota Boiler Compound Company; Monarch Coal Company; Montana State Boiler Inspector; W.E. Moore, company attorney; Mike Mungas)	1907-1913
2 / 4	Northern Pacific Railway Company	1907-1908
2 / 5	N-O (correspondents include New York and New Jersey Lubricant Company, Oregon Short Line Railroad Company, Ed S. Orr)	1908-1911
2 / 6	Pittsburgh and Montana Copper Company	1907-1909
2 / 7	P-R (correspondents include Perry Candle Company, Richardson Drug Company, P.H. and F.M. Roots Company, R.A. Rowan and Company)	1907-1911
2 / 8	William G. Schofield, attorney	1911
2 / 9	S (correspondents include S.H. Supply Company, Dan Smith, George M. Smith, S.C. Snavely, Granville Stuart, Sturtevant Mill Company, Julius Swanson)	1907-1910
2 / 10	George J. Tansey (acquired Hope property through a lawsuit)	1910
2 / 11	Joseph T. Terry and Company, metallurgists	1908-1909
2 / 12	U (correspondents include United States Geological Survey, United States Internal Revenue Service)	1907-1912
2 / 13	Washoe Copper Company Sampling Works	1907-1910
2 / 14	W-Y (correspondents include Walker Commercial Company, George D. Weaver, T. Weinstein and Company Bankers, Western Elaterite Roofing Company, Western Pacific Railway Company, S.A. Worcester, H.P. Young)	1907-1911

Financial Records Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
2 / 15	Daly Bank and Trust Company deposit slips	1907-1911
2 / 16	Financial reports (letterpress book: includes payrolls, cash statements, supplies issued, voucher lists)	1907-1911

Organizational Records Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
2 / 17	Articles of incorporation (copied from Secretary of State records); minutes	1907

Production Records Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
2 / 18	Assay reports (letterpress book)	1907-1910

Miscellany Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
2 / 19	Field survey book	1909

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